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sweden wouldn't be able to last a week against the onslaught therefore sweden must immediately join nato he said that currently it is not quite possible to invade sweden but due to the two thousand and eight war with georgia it is possible for russia to somehow push through established european borders bring their forces up to sweden's gates putting the generals country in danger but guess what according to your own council of the european union georgia started the war so by that logic if the two thousand and one with georgia is the example of the future then don't kill russian peacekeeping troops and you'll have nothing to worry about but general goran so also made the point that president putin is rearming the russian army hinting at a threat while being heavily armed to defend yourself is a bad scary thing then joining up with nato seems to be pretty hypocritical if the people of sweden want to join nato well that is their choice but they shouldn't be tricked into having their taxpayers pay for their sons to die in afghanistan based on totally bogus arguments that make no sense but th
sweden wouldn't be able to last a week against the onslaught therefore sweden must immediately join nato he said that currently it is not quite possible to invade sweden but due to the two thousand and eight war with georgia it is possible for russia to somehow push through established european borders bring their forces up to sweden's gates putting the generals country in danger but guess what according to your own council of the european union georgia started the war so by that logic if the...
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and i know some people have compared it to the we did something military in libya with nato. very different kind of situation because the libyan army basically didn't exit. the question is whether there's value in creating a nfly zone. etr it would really do something useful. whether -- the questions i would ask is whether the assad military regime has been weakened so that in fact there can be a functional no-fly zone. the other question i would ask is how many arms are needed there? as i understand it, there have been a provision of arms by other countries and i think it isn't just a matter of adding arms but doing something that will make it possible for the opposition groupto take power and to recognize that it's over. >> rose: people are asking -- the longer you delay the more the people who are part of the rebels who do not necessarily act in american interest. >> well, i think that there is the question as to whether the rebels have been penetrated by some group that is not friendly to the united states. >> rose: well, clearly there are people fighting on their side. >
and i know some people have compared it to the we did something military in libya with nato. very different kind of situation because the libyan army basically didn't exit. the question is whether there's value in creating a nfly zone. etr it would really do something useful. whether -- the questions i would ask is whether the assad military regime has been weakened so that in fact there can be a functional no-fly zone. the other question i would ask is how many arms are needed there? as i...
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setting up roadblocks across the country and nato forces gathering in the capital as the number of those protesting against the new government continues to rise and that's coming up for you surely. the u.s. department of defense has allocated three million dollars for the development of a groundbreaking smartphone state of face recognition technology that is intended to be used by the military its potential use in law enforcement health care and civil i.d. programs sparking new privacy concerns. has more now on america's fondness for surveillance. the information age was an era nearly everybody in braced by today's surveillance age experts say is a reality oh most no one can escape we are five years away in new york from zero privacy from every new yorker being tracked and catalogued and watched and that information being saved for pretty much an indeterminate period of private investigator steve rom bomb believes america is being landscaped into an eis wide open society through the advancing market of biometrics technology that uses physiological and behavioral recognition to identify p
setting up roadblocks across the country and nato forces gathering in the capital as the number of those protesting against the new government continues to rise and that's coming up for you surely. the u.s. department of defense has allocated three million dollars for the development of a groundbreaking smartphone state of face recognition technology that is intended to be used by the military its potential use in law enforcement health care and civil i.d. programs sparking new privacy...
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. >> nato-led forces are working to improve the capabilities of afghanistan's security services. a limited number of u.s. troops are expected to remain in a support role after 2014, but president obama has not given details of the size and scope of any residual force. >> japanese prime minister shinzo abe says he wants to work with the u.s. to impose sanctions on north korea following the country's third nuclear test. >> translator: north korea says it has succeeded in miniaturizing its nuclear arsenal which could pose a grave threat to the u.s. and other countries. >> abe was speaking at a lower-house committee. he stressed u.s. leadership is essential in any effort to penalize the north. >> translator: financial sanctions would be effective. the leadership of the united states is necessary in prthis. >> abe indicated he will ask u.s. leaders to put north korea back on their list of states response organize terrorism and he added he will also work with officials of china and russia, which are permanent members of the u.n. security council. >>> south korea's incoming president sa
. >> nato-led forces are working to improve the capabilities of afghanistan's security services. a limited number of u.s. troops are expected to remain in a support role after 2014, but president obama has not given details of the size and scope of any residual force. >> japanese prime minister shinzo abe says he wants to work with the u.s. to impose sanctions on north korea following the country's third nuclear test. >> translator: north korea says it has succeeded in...
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in your speech, you mentioned briefly the fact that nato member and nato allies of the united states, are reducing their military capabilities, and my question is, if there is any sort of diplomatic pressure on the part of u.s. military to force nato allies and members to either keep their develops of spending because it seems to me that that could take at least some weight off u.s. military. >> i think -- first off, we realize that size of military is a sovereignty issuer, you get to choose how much you want to spend on your military. however, i think hour sect, both secretary gates and secretary panetta have been very clear on this issue, about certain percentage of g.d.p. we would like our nato allies and partners to spend on defense and that's how we constantly have this discussion. also the other thing we could do is we have to have complementary capabilities. and so what we want to build is complementary capabilities throughout -- with our neat -- nato allies, european partners, so i think that's what we're really trying to focus in those areas. that's why it's important to unde
in your speech, you mentioned briefly the fact that nato member and nato allies of the united states, are reducing their military capabilities, and my question is, if there is any sort of diplomatic pressure on the part of u.s. military to force nato allies and members to either keep their develops of spending because it seems to me that that could take at least some weight off u.s. military. >> i think -- first off, we realize that size of military is a sovereignty issuer, you get to...
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and that, in fact, nato's action was coming the next day. so i got on the phone, i called everybody i knew. milosevic heard all those intercepts, clearly ignored them. the next day nato launched what was a 78-day air campaign. it finished on the, in early june and then culminated with u.n. security council resolution 1244, um, which set up the u.n. mission in kosovo, an effort to build the institutions of self-government that would inevitably lead to kosovo's independence. that didn't happen overnight. there was a policy adopted by michael steiner, the srsg, called standards before status. there was really no measurable progress. in the spring of 2004, albanians again took matters into their own hands attacking serbian communities and the u.n. in what, in retrospect, increasingly looked like a planned operation. regardless, it was abundantly clear that the status quo was not tenable and that the international community had to adopt its plan recognizing the inevitability of kosovo's independence. person that was selected to steward this proce
and that, in fact, nato's action was coming the next day. so i got on the phone, i called everybody i knew. milosevic heard all those intercepts, clearly ignored them. the next day nato launched what was a 78-day air campaign. it finished on the, in early june and then culminated with u.n. security council resolution 1244, um, which set up the u.n. mission in kosovo, an effort to build the institutions of self-government that would inevitably lead to kosovo's independence. that didn't happen...
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agrees to keep in after 2014, and that will effect what nato agrees to do, are the non-u.s. part of nato i think will have a big effect what happens in afghanistan in terms of this question. we should be able to preclude that if that's what we're determined to do. >> rose: finally, are you suggesting that you think that the conflict in syria could be prolonged. that there is no imminent end result likely to happen unless somebody from his own side decides to assassinate assad. >> i think in the conflict continues as it's going and i've heard experts talk about this that it's possible the state may fragment in some sort of bosnia like way that there will be sunni communities and kurdish communities. it will be like syria several years ago several pockets supported by different outside interests and iran will support the assad al wite factions and sunni will support the sunni parts and syria may sort of cease to exist as a functioning kind of entity. and so i think that recognition and the possibility that islamic extremists may come to exercise outside power, extraordinary am
agrees to keep in after 2014, and that will effect what nato agrees to do, are the non-u.s. part of nato i think will have a big effect what happens in afghanistan in terms of this question. we should be able to preclude that if that's what we're determined to do. >> rose: finally, are you suggesting that you think that the conflict in syria could be prolonged. that there is no imminent end result likely to happen unless somebody from his own side decides to assassinate assad. >> i...
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i think we have to be very supportive of turkey in terms of their physical location, nato partner. >> rose: we're doing that. >> we're doing that. and this administration made the decision not to get involved in syria. >> rose: would you have made a different decision? >> i -- the thing i guess -- when i think about syria, i thk of tha nuear reactor that was there built nearly ready to be fueled in '07. and thank goodness the israelis took it out. you can imagine the problems we would have had on our hands today if he had been allowed to operate that reactor. then we'd have a huge tragedy on our hands. >> rose: should we have done more earlier because time has witnessed a whole range of people who not necessarily are friends of the united states joining his t presyrian forces. so was it a mistake not to do more against the assad regime? because some people -- a you may be one of them -- has been critical of the obama administration for their attitude with respect to mubarak. >> i agree. >> there's a contradiction there isn't it? >> i don't put assad on the par with -- >> rose: clearly
i think we have to be very supportive of turkey in terms of their physical location, nato partner. >> rose: we're doing that. >> we're doing that. and this administration made the decision not to get involved in syria. >> rose: would you have made a different decision? >> i -- the thing i guess -- when i think about syria, i thk of tha nuear reactor that was there built nearly ready to be fueled in '07. and thank goodness the israelis took it out. you can imagine the...
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. >> what is the president doing to reassure nato and allies [inaudible] >> i mentioned in reference to the politically driven stalling of the confirmation of senator hagel, we haev important business to do. -- we have important business to do. it is something we discussed. secretary panetta has talked about it. it is a concern but i do not have any specific conversations to read to you. >> [inaudible] it seems a we're just hearing about this. general odierno did not prepare for a vote because they did not think it happened. >> the answer to your question is no, . we are all hopeful and remained consistent that republicans did not make the choice to allow sequestration to happen. that they choose instead to come up with a balanced plan for a great to a balanced plan to postpone or eliminate the sequester. we have known what the impact of these cuts would be. page after page of republicans citing the harm that would come if sequestered to take affect. [inaudible] i . would refer you to each agency. >> it seems the weapons -- [indiscernible] >> you should ask the defense department. i
. >> what is the president doing to reassure nato and allies [inaudible] >> i mentioned in reference to the politically driven stalling of the confirmation of senator hagel, we haev important business to do. -- we have important business to do. it is something we discussed. secretary panetta has talked about it. it is a concern but i do not have any specific conversations to read to you. >> [inaudible] it seems a we're just hearing about this. general odierno did not prepare...
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this trip signals that nato is an enduring partnership for us and going to the mideast, you have so many crisis that they need to deal with from syria to iran to continued troubles in egypt and iraq. it makes sense to start here. i think that what the world is looking for for the united states is leadership. they are looking for an outward-leaning america, not trying to drawback into our borders as the far right or even the far left would have us do. secretary kerry you have a convincing and convinced international which is a great strength. >> based on that, the pivot to asia is in the confirmation hearings and he said i'm not convinced that a ramp up in the asia-pacific area is critical yet. that is something i want to look at very carefully. when you hear that and we talk about what experience level he is bringing here especially the bigger picture of we know the fish that need to be fried first, what do you make of that? >> i think secretary kerry laid out that in his speech with the university of virginia. this idea that america's arsenal is not simply military in nature. we have id
this trip signals that nato is an enduring partnership for us and going to the mideast, you have so many crisis that they need to deal with from syria to iran to continued troubles in egypt and iraq. it makes sense to start here. i think that what the world is looking for for the united states is leadership. they are looking for an outward-leaning america, not trying to drawback into our borders as the far right or even the far left would have us do. secretary kerry you have a convincing and...
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turkey is there, the nato membership is big, they may not go in that direction. egypt is the worse case with a lot of other problems on the plate, and if they don't proliferate in the case of israel, it's unlikely to do so in the case of iran. just to come back to the first point, proliferation is absolutely an issue, a very big issue, one of the reasons it's much better that the iranians never acquire this capacity. by the same token, we shouldn't push that point too far, and suddenly assume that the entire region explodes into nuclear proliferation and nuclear crisis and nuclear war thereafter. president kennedy predicted we'd live in a world of 25 nuclear states in 15-20 years. that still has not come to pass. there's strong disincentives, but there's also no question to go back to the starting point that proliferation is a problem, especially when it goes to countries like north korea. >> okay. on the north korea, iran question, i'm concerned about the economy of dealings, but north korea has a different set of relationships. as i mentioned earlier, they have
turkey is there, the nato membership is big, they may not go in that direction. egypt is the worse case with a lot of other problems on the plate, and if they don't proliferate in the case of israel, it's unlikely to do so in the case of iran. just to come back to the first point, proliferation is absolutely an issue, a very big issue, one of the reasons it's much better that the iranians never acquire this capacity. by the same token, we shouldn't push that point too far, and suddenly assume...
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military counterpart to nato and russia's lead role in that. i think if you consider these organizations the question arises, why do we have so much trouble figuring out china's motivations and russia's motivations and what are behind the strategies, because russia and china respectively could in these two organizations leap from behind and have either member organizations affect outcomes of such talks as the six party talks and other negotiations. i would like to hear some more thoughts about ssto and the sco, their members, how that might make it a better analysis or more difficult to do the analysis in the subject we are discussing. thank you. >> anyone? larry? patrick? joe? >> it will come out. come away to nato. a okay. okay. okay. >> this is a very limited reply. you mentioned iran's involvement in this organization. perhaps that is symbolic. not only does china view north korea as important to it but china has a stake in iran. iran is of some significant importance to china as well including not only the bilateral relationship but also i
military counterpart to nato and russia's lead role in that. i think if you consider these organizations the question arises, why do we have so much trouble figuring out china's motivations and russia's motivations and what are behind the strategies, because russia and china respectively could in these two organizations leap from behind and have either member organizations affect outcomes of such talks as the six party talks and other negotiations. i would like to hear some more thoughts about...
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certainly some risk there, but there nato membership is very big. egypt i think is the worst case. egyptians have a lot of other problems on their plate. if they did not proliferate because of israel, it seems they would be unlikely to do so because of a rock. proliferation absolutely is an issue. it's a very big issue. it's one reason why it would be much better that the iranians never acquire this capability. by the same token, we should not push that too far and suddenly assume the entire region will explode into nuclear proliferation, the crisis, and a war thereafter. president kennedy famous a predicted we would live in a war of 25 nuclear -- a world of 25 nuclear states and it still a lot has come to pass. there are strong disincentives, but to go about your starting point, proliferation as a problem especially when it comes to countries like north korea. >> of the north korea-iran question, i am concerned about the dichotomy of feeling. north korea has a different set of relationships. as i mentioned earlier, they have enormous capability to do very serious damage without th
certainly some risk there, but there nato membership is very big. egypt i think is the worst case. egyptians have a lot of other problems on their plate. if they did not proliferate because of israel, it seems they would be unlikely to do so because of a rock. proliferation absolutely is an issue. it's a very big issue. it's one reason why it would be much better that the iranians never acquire this capability. by the same token, we should not push that too far and suddenly assume the entire...
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actually, it was 33,000 plus 7,000 from nato. and we will do a counterinsurgency strategy in the south, the cities in the south. but here is the thing. after 18 months -- in other words after the search is over, i'm going to start withdrawing some of the surge troops and can you tell me that within that time, within 18 months you can turn around the situation so much that the afghan army can take the lead in the fight in the majority of the districts. they all said, yes, sir. no question. in fact, petraeus knew that it would take much longer in this. these kinds of things go on for years. and he was asked by someone after words, why did you say yes? and he had two answers. he said, well, it really wasn't that kind of a meeting. he was looking for advice. he was looking for a take-it-or-leave-it. my view is when you're a general inter called upon to give military advice to the president, no matter what, whether you think is a game going on, he's not really asking for advice. is your responsibility to give correct military advice.
actually, it was 33,000 plus 7,000 from nato. and we will do a counterinsurgency strategy in the south, the cities in the south. but here is the thing. after 18 months -- in other words after the search is over, i'm going to start withdrawing some of the surge troops and can you tell me that within that time, within 18 months you can turn around the situation so much that the afghan army can take the lead in the fight in the majority of the districts. they all said, yes, sir. no question. in...
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general allen will not take nato's top military job. . the piece from the wall street journal. other stories we're watching in the news, the sequester. you can see president obama speaking in front of emergency responders yesterday, warning of what he said would be the danger if sequestration, the budget cut scheduled to go into effect in nine days, kick in. the new york times has -- we will talk about that in a little while with our next guest megan hughes of bloomberg tv. we're asking what you think about red lights and whether you print those cameras make the streets safer -- whether you think the red light camera slick streets a for. chris is a republican in california. caller: in san diego bay did away with red-light cameras because there was too many accidents. people were stopping. there's a separate company that was running the red light camera. it was not done by the city. i guess they were making a bit of money, but there was a few places that it really looked like they were not helping, they were more just catching people that were maybe they ran the red light and ma
general allen will not take nato's top military job. . the piece from the wall street journal. other stories we're watching in the news, the sequester. you can see president obama speaking in front of emergency responders yesterday, warning of what he said would be the danger if sequestration, the budget cut scheduled to go into effect in nine days, kick in. the new york times has -- we will talk about that in a little while with our next guest megan hughes of bloomberg tv. we're asking what...
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president obama is looking for a new man to lead nato forces. general john allen is retiring over concerns about his wife 'health. he was the top coalition in afghanistan the last two years. he was caught up in the david petraeus scandal when e-mails he wrote to a tampa socialite were revealed. >>> handgun owners can fill out a form on the state police website. all they have to do is explain why they want their personal information kept private. in most cases the requests will be granted. are you tearing apart the set here? >>> a new kind of mobile home to tell you about this morning. this 100-ton house in iowa, was hauled five miles down the road. it had to be moved because the property was sold to one family, while the house was sold to another. this house was built in 1865 and it's said to be haunted. so the question for poltergeist fans, the ghost lives on the house or the property? moving or saying? >> we'll have to find out. >>> 46 minutes past the hour. the search is on for an auweudir in a heist of $50 million diamonds. they crashed thro
president obama is looking for a new man to lead nato forces. general john allen is retiring over concerns about his wife 'health. he was the top coalition in afghanistan the last two years. he was caught up in the david petraeus scandal when e-mails he wrote to a tampa socialite were revealed. >>> handgun owners can fill out a form on the state police website. all they have to do is explain why they want their personal information kept private. in most cases the requests will be...